S 656 - Uncertain mint, gold, mnaieion

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 9276

Gold 0 kg

Description

Obverse:	Bust of Ptolemy V right draped and crowned, spear behind left shoulder
Reverse:	ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ (Greek).Cornucopiae filled with fruits and bound with fillet stars left and right

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Ancient region:

Modern country:

Authority:

Ptolemy V Epiphanes (Ptolemaic king, 204-181 BC) - supposed and pretended authority?

Chronology

From

to

Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Gold

Denomination:

mnaieion

Standard:

Image

]]S 656 - Uncertain mint Mnaieion (Olivier 2012, Planche XXIX, 2989).png

References

Die study reference:	"[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Olivier 2012, p. 155, no. 2988-2990.
Coin series reference:

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	1	50	1	33.33	D1
2	1	50	2	66.67	D2
Total	2 of 2	100	3 of 3	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	2	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	1
Number of reverse dies (r)	2	Number of coins (n)	3
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	1.5	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	1.5
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	50 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	4.81	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	96,200
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	6	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00003
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	66.67%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	1,247.4
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ	0 kg <br /> 0 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ	3,118.5

Remarks